No problem. Maybe a separate thread on "traveling to Hiei san" is appropriate. I'm eager to encourage anyone who is traveling to Japan to pay Hiei san a visit. It is its own thing. I know of no other place that feels like it.

I was looking at the english version of the book "Myth and Deity in Japan. The Interplay of Kami and Buddhas. Kamata Tōji Translated by Gaynor Sekimori" (great book!)
Anyways starting at page 116 has some info about this cult. Basically talks about how the cult was started by a tendai priest and that it had a disagreement with with the yoshida shinto sect about how to enshrine Ieyasu. The tendai priest who founded the sanno sect (Tendai 1536-1643) wanted to declare him as an avatar of medicine buddha.

I was looking at the english version of the book "Myth and Deity in Japan. The Interplay of Kami and Buddhas. Kamata Tōji Translated by Gaynor Sekimori" (great book!)
Anyways starting at page 116 has some info about this cult. Basically talks about how the cult was started by a tendai priest and that it had a disagreement with with the yoshida shinto sect about how to enshrine Ieyasu. The tendai priest who founded the sanno sect (Tendai 1536-1643) wanted to declare him as an avatar of medicine buddha.

Sanno ichijitsu Shinto is much older than that. The events you are talking about led to a new lineage of Sanno Shinto based around Nikko Toshogu shrine complex, and Rinnoji Tendai temple on Mt Nikko. Former shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is venerated there as Tosho Daigongen 東照大権現. Which is not Sanno Daigongen 山王大権現.

The following video deals in brief with some of the history and might be of interest to some.

Sanno ichijitsu Shinto is much older than that. The events you are talking about led to a new lineage of Sanno Shinto based around Nikko Toshogu shrine complex, and Rinnoji Tendai temple on Mt Nikko. Former shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is venerated there as Tosho Daigongen 東照大権現. Which is not Sanno Daigongen 山王大権現.

Gassho,
Jikai.

I"m don't know anything about japanese history but I saw that in the book and I remembered reading about this on this forum.
I may not have cited the book correctly, so here is a picture of the page itself

Sanno ichijitsu Shinto is much older than that. The events you are talking about led to a new lineage of Sanno Shinto based around Nikko Toshogu shrine complex, and Rinnoji Tendai temple on Mt Nikko. Former shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is venerated there as Tosho Daigongen 東照大権現. Which is not Sanno Daigongen 山王大権現.

Gassho,
Jikai.

I"m don't know anything about japanese history but I saw that in the book and I remembered reading about this on this forum.
I may not have cited the book correctly, so here is a picture of the page itself
116.jpg

Yes, what I meant to say was that Sanno Daigongen, and Sanno Shinto is very much older. Sanno Ichijitsu Shinto, is a branch of Sanno Shinto that develops during the Edo period for the reasons I mentioned. But the diety Sanno, and Sanno Shinto is much older. And formerly begins with Saicho's return to Japan from China. Informally of course, Sanno Daigongen was worshipped long before that.